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verb of a road/river/gap/range ADV. considerably | a bit, a little, slightly The river narrows a little here. | sharply The gap between the two parties narrowed sharply in the days before the election. | steadily PREP. to By the final round the gap had narrowed to three votes. of eyes ADV. fractionally, slightly Though her eyes narrowed fractionally, she made no comment. | suddenly | dangerously, shrewdly, speculatively, suspiciously, thoughtfully The blue eyes narrowed thoughtfully. PREP. against Her eyes narrowed against the sun. | at His eyes suddenly narrowed at the sight of her. | to His eyes narrowed to slits. | with His eyes narrowed with suspicion., adj. not wide VERBS be, look, seem | become, get ADV. extremely, very | a bit, fairly, quite, rather, relatively The pass gets quite narrow towards the east. limited VERBS be, seem | become ADV. excessively, extremely, peculiarly, very | increasingly | comparatively, fairly, quite, rather, relatively, somewhat PREP. in people who are rather narrow in outlook
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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narrow sth down
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to make a number or list of things smaller and clearer, by removing the things that are least important, necessary or suitable
• We narrowed the list of candidates down from ten to three.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs